Chapter 34 Is this Zhou Jinkai handsome?
Because he lied about the photo, Gao Xing had to find a way to get a photo to deal with it.
The last time she was at the Starship IP investment conference, she was in such a rush that she didn't have time to think about a lot of information. She planned to use the photos as a breakthrough point and meet Xu Jiakai again, perhaps she could get some clues out of him.
At the same time, Shen Xingjian has decided to resume rehabilitation and goes to the hospital alone every morning.
In fact, he had gone through a period of rehabilitation a few years ago when my grandfather was still alive. Back then, if he was in good shape, he could even stand for a few seconds on crutches. However, after my grandfather passed away, he was completely devastated and couldn't accept the outside world's opinions. He no longer wanted to go out, and over time, his strength deteriorated again.
The human body is like this, relying on long-term exercise and training. Once it does not get the corresponding feedback, the spirit will gradually become weak.
When Shen Xingjian came back, Gao Xing was looking for photos in the storage room. Shen Xingjian said that after the car accident, his grandfather was worried that he would miss his grandfather when he saw the photos, so he put all the old things in the storage room.
The storage room had no windows and was poorly ventilated. The slightest movement would send dust flying into the air. Gao Xing squinted her eyes and waved her arms, trying to disperse the dust in front of her. Seeing this, Shen Xingjian hurriedly tried to pull her out.
I was glad to see that he dared to enter such a big place despite his poor cardiopulmonary function. I didn't care about anything else, and quickly took off my gloves, covered his mouth and nose with my hands, and pushed him out.
In the living room, fresh breeze blew in from the open entrance, dispersing the remaining dust in the air. The two of them finally dared to breathe deeply and asked in unison, "Are you okay?"
As soon as the words came out, both of them were stunned and the air was silent for a few seconds.
"The storage... storage room is so dusty, why didn't you wear a mask when you went in to look for something?" Shen Xingjian was the first to "accuse" by straightening his neck.
"How dare you talk about me! Don't you know your own situation? You ran in knowing there was dust. Are you looking for death... looking for a beating?" Gao Xing's face also turned red.
Shen Xingjian felt guilty after being scolded by her. He felt in his pocket and took out an individually wrapped mask: "Here."
He often goes in and out of the hospital now, so he always carries a mask in his pocket.
Gao Xing took it, but didn't rush to put it on. Instead, he put the box he had just brought out on the table and asked, "What is this? It's so heavy?"
As she spoke, she opened the lid and in the center of the box lay a black pistol.
Happy:"!"
"How could there be a gun in here?" she was horrified.
Shen Xingjian moved his wheelchair over to take a look and said, "Oh, this, this is not a real gun." "It's not a real gun?"
Gao Xing picked up the black revolver in the box and weighed it. The metal texture was heavy. How could it not be a real gun?
She was so scared that she put it back quickly.
"This is the starting gun," Shen Xingjian explained. "When I was a kid, I was often frightened by the sound of gunfire during sports games. My mom bought me a starting gun to desensitize me, and it's been in the storage room ever since. I almost forgot about it all these years."
Seeing Gao Xing still didn't quite believe it, he took out a blank from the magazine next to the gun and loaded it in, muttering, "This bullet has been in use for years. I wonder if it will still fire."
Before he finished speaking, he pointed the gun towards the empty living room and pulled the trigger.
There was a loud "bang" sound, and the sound echoed in the living room. Smoke rose from the gun in Shen Xingjian's hand, and Gao Xing felt that his eardrums vibrated.
Although the gunshot was loud, no sound of anything breaking was heard in the living room, and Gao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
She thought it was a good thing that she had bought it in the past. If she had bought it now, the police would have come to her house for tea.
"Okay, okay, just put it away." Gao Xing asked him to put it back quickly.
After putting the starting gun back in its place, Gao Xing asked about the photo album again.
After returning from the Starship IP Investment Promotion Conference that evening, Gao Xing told her about Xu Jiakai's request for the photo. However, she didn't reveal her intention to borrow the photo and then meet Xu Jiakai to inquire about it. She simply said she needed a photo to cover up her lie.
"Are you sure the photo album is really in the storage room? I've searched everywhere and couldn't find it." She asked, dusting off her hands.
"Could it be upstairs?"
It had been so long that Shen Xingjian couldn't remember clearly. The west room on the second floor was where his parents lived before they died, so it was possible that his grandfather had put the photo there.
"Why don't you look in the west room?"
Gao Xing knew that the room to the west was originally the room of Shen Xingjian's parents. She didn't want to go in and rummage around, so she said, "Why don't you come up with me?"
“Me? How do I get up there?” Shen Xingjian’s first reaction was shock.
"I'll carry you!" Gao Xing said as a matter of course.
When she was a child, she could carry a basket of duckweed that was taller than her on her back. When she grew up and became a nurse, it was common for her to help patients move up and down the stairs. Shen Xingjian was not fat, so it should not be difficult for her to carry it.
Shen Xingjian saw her squatting in front of the wheelchair, her thin shoulders not even half as wide as his own. He was just feeling sorry for her, and then he heard her say, "Don't worry, I've lifted pigs weighing 200 to 300 kilograms, so I should be able to carry you!"
Shen Xingjian: “…”
He choked, pulled her up, and made an excuse: "I think... I should go up by myself after I can stand up again?"
Gao Xing turned around to look at him, perhaps touched, so she didn't insist anymore and asked him for his cell phone.
"I'll go upstairs and take a video for you. You can tell me where it's possible and I'll look through it to avoid making a mess."
Shen Xingjian knew that she was concerned about her feelings, so he smiled and said, “Okay——”
This was Gao Xing's second time in this room. Due to the lack of ventilation and the summer, the room had a slightly mustier smell than last time. Gao Xing put on the mask Shen Xingjian had given him and raised his phone to take photos of every corner.
It has to be said that although time is invisible, it always leaves vivid traces in the most unexpected places. For example, the Apple phone in Gao Xing's hand, which belonged to Shen Xingjian, was obviously the latest model at the time, but the pixels it takes are not as good as those of any domestic mobile phone today.
After filming, Gao Xing went downstairs to show the video to Shen Xingjian, and casually said: “If you knew how advanced mobile phones are now, you would be shocked.”
Shen Xingjian looked at the video and said casually: “It’s just a tool for making phone calls, how far can it develop?”
"That's not just a tool for making phone calls. Modern people don't like to make phone calls unless it's urgent." She wanted to open Shen Xingjian's eyes, so she found a video on her phone that showed him how to control a car and smart home with a phone.
In the video, people can start or shut down their cars remotely with their phones by simply speaking simple commands. Furthermore, by connecting their phones to various home appliances, they can be operated even when they are not at home.
Gao Xing’s original intention was to share, but she didn’t expect Shen Xingjian’s expression to become more and more solemn as he watched, so she realized that the products in the video were all Guanya’s, and she hurriedly snatched it away and closed it.
Although Guanya is now mainly engaged in automobiles, it originally made mobile phones. Shen Xingjian did not expect that the world would change so much in his absence.
"Are you... okay?" Gao Xing sounded a little apologetic.
Shen Xingjian smiled indifferently, "What's wrong with that? To be honest, I'm also curious about what the future world will be like. It would be great if I could see it with my own eyes."
He shook off the remnants of resentment in his mind, pointed to a cabinet in the video on his phone and said, "Go look in the drawer of this cabinet. Grandpa might have put it here."
Gao Xing sighed silently in his heart, nodded, and went upstairs to look for it according to the location he said.
The location Shen Xingjian said was indeed correct. As soon as she opened the cabinet door, Gao Xing pulled out several photo albums. She wiped the albums clean with disinfectant wipes, took them down and spread them flat on the coffee table.
"My family actually has so many photo albums?" Shen Xingjian himself was a little surprised. He casually opened one and found that it was a photo of his parents when they were young.
Turning through the yellowed photos in the album, they capture every moment from the first time my parents met until they were old. Walking side by side along the tree-lined paths of campus, smiling at each other as they exchanged rings at a wedding, the daily grins of aprons in the kitchen. These images, stained by time, are testament to the passionate lives they once lived.
If fate had not cruelly interrupted it, this photo album would have continued to grow, recording more of their mornings, evenings, and seasons, right?
Shen Xingjian couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.
Gao Xing reached out and picked up the other book next to him. When he opened it, a huge smiling baby face came into view.
The fair and tender baby is wearing a red bellyband and lying in swaddling clothes. His big black eyes are staring at the camera. He has no teeth in his mouth, but he is grinning happily, as if he is watching something very interesting.
"I didn't expect you to be so pretty when you were a kid!"
Gao Xing said casually, looking at the line of words under the photo: "1992.11.17 Shen Xingjian's 100th day".
Shen Xingjian leaned over and took a look, then said complacently, “Not only when I was a child, I’m also good-looking now!”
He's not bragging, he has never lost in terms of looks since he was a child. When he was in high school, there were even scouts who wanted to recruit him to be a star!
Happy:"……"
Gao Xing was speechless and continued to flip through the pages. Suddenly, he found a blank one?
Shen Xingjian was horrified when he saw it, and hurriedly reached out to snatch it, but accidentally knocked the album to the ground. He had no choice but to lean over to cover it.
"Don't look at anything inappropriate!" He warned, his face turning red like a boiled shrimp, wondering why his parents kept all the photos!
Gao Xing was much calmer than him: "Why are you so nervous? It's not like you haven't seen this before."
Shen Xingjian: “!”
His ears suddenly became like those of a cartoon character, steam coming out of them. "You, I...it's broad daylight, don't talk nonsense!"
"What am I talking about? There are a bunch of naked kids in the pediatric department of the hospital." Gao Xing didn't know what he was so surprised about, so he took another book and continued flipping through it.
Hearing that she was talking about children, Shen Xingjian calmed down a little, wiped the sweat off his face in his heart, laughed dryly and said: "Oh, you said children, haha..."
"What did you think I said?" Gao Xing saw his face flush red, and gradually realized something. He rolled his eyes and said deliberately, "Of course, adults have seen it too."
“Have you ever seen an adult?” Shen Xingjian blurted out exaggeratedly, and then he realized his gaffe and covered his mouth guiltily.
Gao Xing intentionally teased him, blinking her eyes: "Yes, I've seen men and women, young and old, all of them. What's wrong?"
Shen Xingjian then remembered that she was a nurse, so it was not surprising that she was knowledgeable, and his eyes dodged and said, “No…nothing, you are amazing!”
He gave a thumbs up.
I was so happy that I couldn't help laughing. I turned my face away and smiled for a long time before continuing to flip through other photo albums.
These photo albums should be sorted by time, and Shen Xingjian's high school years are probably in the fifth one.
"Are you sure you've taken photos with them before?" After laughing enough, Gao Xing asked about the business.
"Probably." In fact, Shen Xingjian wasn't too sure. When he was in high school, he didn't like taking pictures because he was troubled by how handsome he was.
“Found it!”
Finally, among a bunch of school and class group photos, Gao Xing found a photo of them performing a play on the school drama festival stage.
In the photo, Shen Xingjian plays Hamlet, Shi Yunran plays Ophelia, and Xu Jiakai plays Claudius.
"You have so many activities in high school? Won't it affect your studies?" Gao Xing asked while looking at the photos.
Even though she had long known about the disparity in the world, she was still shocked by the rich cultural and entertainment activities in their high school: drama festivals, sports meets, science exhibitions, gymnastics competitions, swimming and diving competitions, everything.
"Why would it affect it? It won't delay us." Shen Xingjian said as a matter of course.
Yes, he is a rich second-generation who was able to be admitted to Tsinghua University. What can he know about the sufferings of the world?
Gao Xing stopped talking and pulled out the photo, trying to take a picture of it, but as expected, nothing came of it. She then tried scanning, copying, and printing it, but the result was the same: once it was out, it couldn't be captured.
After many unsuccessful attempts, there was only one last resort left.
"Can you draw?" Gao Xing suddenly asked him.
Shen Xingjian subconsciously shrank back: “What do you mean? You don’t want me to draw it, do you?”
"No? Is it not possible for you?" Gao Xing blinked his eyes, deliberately provoking him.
She knew he could draw, as there were several art-related awards gathering dust in the storage room.
Shen Xingjian really fell for this. When he said he couldn't do it, he immediately jumped up and retorted: "How is that possible? I just haven't painted for too long and my hands are a little raw. Wait for me to practice!"
Gao Xing immediately went upstairs and brought back a stack of A4 paper and placed it in front of him, smiling: "Let's practice now."
Shen Xingjian: “…” This is too immediate.
Shen Xingjian had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and picked up the paper and pen she provided, and began to draft guiltily: “Why do I feel that you are a little too active?”
Gaoxing remembered Zhou Jinkai's ambiguous words at the end of that day.
Was he warning her to be careful of Xu Jiakai? But why? Did he know something?
Seeing that she suddenly stopped talking, Shen Xingjian asked her what was wrong.
Happy that he couldn't figure it out, he said it out loud and prepared to analyze it with him. Who knew that Shen Xingjian's focus was completely different from this, but he immediately asked: "Who is Zhou Jinkai?"
"A friend," she replied.
"Male or female?"
Happy and speechless: "What do you think?"
"So it's a man?" He started breathing out through his nose for some reason. "Is this Zhou Jinkai... handsome?"
"ha?"
"Very rich?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Are you funnier than me?"
If you don’t answer any of the three questions, then it doesn’t seem very good.
Happy:"……"
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